JoAnn Balingit | @Balingit on Bluesky

“O little sea, // O my body, / Sit here with me / While I just talk.” — Noelle Kocot . . . This poem appeared in Soul in Space by Noelle Kocot, published by Wave Books, 2013. Shared here with deep gratitude.

@readalittlepoem 🙏

“when my father died I sang // a lullaby: good-bye words! / hello songs I cannot sing!” — JoAnn Balingit . . . This poem appeared in Poetry, July/August 2021. Shared here with deep gratitude.

I'm not going to dive into this 💿 🐎 but if you're having trouble reading because of eyesight, physical disability, or a reading disability PLEASE consider signing up for your state's free Talking Book & Braille Library. Free audiobooks! Free assistive devices!

@Vanessid ❤️congratulations

one of those very short poems that completely undoes me every time i read it

Linda Gregg from In the Middle Distance.

Folks- in New York, covid is on the uptick. Please wear masks in the theatre and on the subway. Seriously.

Octavia Butler’s grave isn’t far from my home. Today is her birthday. I bathed her grave in rum, brought her purple flowers, and gave her chocolate. Happy birthday, Ms. Butler. Thank you for sharing your brilliance. 💜

Guilty. Yes.

A poem by Eduardo Corral in You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, edited by Ada Limón.

@mag_gabbert Congratulations 😊

I, um, started a new job today. It’s called Poet Laureate for the City of Dallas 🥹

My new dearest breakfast craving. It’s like comfort food hearing his call echo up San Pablo Street: tahô! tahô! hot silken tofu, sago pearls and arnibal—a caramelish syrup. (Tomorrow I know to bring my own cup outside)

@rajivmohabir @kayapress looks so cool

Friends, this is going to be siiiiiiiiiiick! An anthology on chutney music, translation, and diaspora from @kayapress later this year! kaya.com/books/i-will-n…

as #AWP24 comes to a close, there many things to unpack, but tonight I'll post some of these excerpts about silence, harm, and truth-telling from @jerichobrown's brilliant keynote weaves everything from Black liberation to resisting fascism to Gaza & right back to us @awpwriter

January issue of my newsletter is out! features @ingrid_rojas_c's memoir and essays and interviews with @SarahAziza1 @melissa_rivero @vanjchan @jiadailin @kimlypso @nancyagabian immigrantstrong.substack.com/p/immigrant-st…

“Alone through the trees toward you”(is there any other love poem?)

can’t wait to experience @rajivmohabir and the full WHALE ARIA - come also!!!